Rant: Stop calling every short hairstyle a 'pixie cut'

Talked to a client yesterday at the shop in Denver. She showed me a reference photo of a classic Mia Farrow cut. Said she wanted a pixie. Then she shows me another picture of an undercut with a long top. Also called it a pixie. Those are completely different haircuts. I get that social media has everyone using the same five words for everything. But it makes my job harder when people don't know what they're actually asking for. Am I the only one frustrated by this?

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jamesm4818d ago

I read somewhere that using a picture binder like that cuts miscommunications by like 70 percent.

lopez.simon18d ago

You ever tried asking them to point to the EXACT spot on their head where the shortest part should be? That one little trick saved me so much headache. I started keeping a binder of like 50 different short cuts labeled by name, not just "pixie". Mia Farrow, Jean Seberg, even the modern textured ones. I make them flip through and circle the actual photo. It forces them to really LOOK and see the difference themselves. Then I write the name on their ticket so we're both on the same page. It's not perfect but it cuts down on the confusion a LOT.